Aeronautical current weather observation and short-term forecast for pilots, flight preparation with the METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report : current weather report), and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term weather forecast message for aviation). And other resources like VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC Thessaloniki airport (Greece) / ICAO LGTS/ IATA SKG
Thessaloniki airport (Greece) is located close to Thessaloniki, Livadákion at 1 mile↑, Neon Rysion at 2 mile↑, Peraia at 3 mile↑, Thermi at 3 mile↑, Plagiarion at 3 mile↑, Neoi Epivaton at 3 mile↑, Nótos Koíni at 4 mile↑, Trilofon at 4 mile↑, Kardia at 4 mile↑, Dimos Kalamaria at 4 mile↑,
Elevation : 7 m = 23 ft
Runways
- runway 10/28 : 2440 m = 8005 ft
- runway 16/34 : 2410 m = 7907 ft
aerial view of Thessaloniki
METAR for Thessaloniki airport - LGTS
LGTS 181020Z 35016G28KT CAVOK 08/M04 Q1027 NOSIG
Decoded METAR for Thessaloniki Airport (Greece)
METAR issued by LGTS on Tuesday 18th of January 2022 at 10:20 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 67 hours and -2866 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 8 °C = 46 °F and dew point is -4 °C = 25 °F . This correspond to 42% relative humidity.
QNH is 1027 mb = 30.33 inHg
Wind speed is 30 km/h = 16 kt with gusts at 52 km/h = 28 kt, direction is 350°.
Sky clear
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours
TAF for Thessaloniki airport - LGTS
LGTS 180500Z 1806/1906 35020G30KT 9999 FEW030 TEMPO 1806/1810 34025G35KT BECMG 1822/1824 35015G25KT
Decoded TAF for Thessaloniki Airport (Greece)
TAF issued by LGTS on Tuesday 18th of January 2022 at 05:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 3 days and 34 minutes ago. A 24 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday 18th of January 2022 à 06:00 heure TU to Tuesday 18th of January 2022 à 22:00 heure UTC
1806/1906 35020G30KT 9999 FEW030
Wind 20 kt = 37 km/h with gusts at 30 kt = 56 km/h, direction is 350°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
few clouds at 3000 ft = 910 m
temporarily from Tuesday 18th of January 2022 à 06:00 heure TU to Tuesday 18th of January 2022 à 10:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1806/1810 34025G35KT
Wind 25 kt = 46 km/h with gusts at 35 kt = 65 km/h, direction is 340°
becoming from Wednesday 19th of January 2022 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday 19th of January 2022 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1822/1824 35015G25KT
Wind 15 kt = 28 km/h with gusts at 25 kt = 46 km/h, direction is 350°
close by
nearest airports to Thessaloniki
- for Sedes airport (LGSD) at 3 mile↑
- for Alexandria airport (LGAX) at 27 mile↑
- for Kozani airport (LGKZ) at 62 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Larisa airport (LGLR) at 66 mile↑
- for Kavala Amigdhaleon airport (LGKM) at 78 mile↑
- for Kastoria airport (LGKA) at 89 mile↑
- for Nea Anchialos airport (LGBL) at 90 mile↑METAR & TAF
- for Kavala Megas Alexandros airport (LGKV) at 91 mile↑METAR & TAF
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- TAF : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Météo générale : Openweathermap (www.openweathermap.org) et AVWX (avwx.rest)
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr), Espagne ENAIRE (https://aip.enaire.es)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)